Apply to Host the Washington State Poet Laureate In-person

Apply to Host the Washington State Poet Laureate In-person

The Washington State Poet Laureate is available for visits to schools, tribal communities, bookstores, community events, readings, and more. Note that this is the application to apply for an IN-PERSON event. For online events, apply here.

All in-person Washington State Poet Laureate events must be free and open to the public, with the exception of:

Classroom visits
Corrections center visits
Writers' conferences and workshops

Applications to host the Washington State Poet Laureate are reviewed monthly at the beginning of each month.

Please note that due to the volume of event requests, new events are now only being considered for March 2023 through April 15, 2023.

Rena Priest's term as Washington State Poet Laureate concludes on April 15, 2023. If you would like to request a reading with Ms. Priest after this date, please do not use this form. Instead, send her a message via her website here.

Your safety plan must abide by all local, state, and federal public safety guidelines for public gatherings.

I affirm that this safety plan follows all the above guidelines and will be in place at the proposed event.

Contact Information

Please enter contact information for the person who will be coordinating the event.

First Name

Last Name

Work Phone Number

Work Email Address

Booking Organization Information

Booking Organization

Please provide the following information about the organization that will be sponsoring the Poet Laureate's visit(s).

Booking Organization Name

Street

City

State Abbreviation

Zip

Organization Phone Number

(Optional) Organization Website

Organization Type

Poet Laureate Event

Organizations can request up to three (3) Poet Laureate events. Additional events will each appear on a separate page of this application.

How many events would you like to request?

A new page has been created for your 2nd event. After completing the information for the current event, click 'Next Page' at the bottom of this form to enter information for your 2nd event.

A new page has been created for each of your 2 additional events. After completing the information for the current event, click 'Next Page' at the bottom of this form to enter information for your 2nd event and again to enter information for your 3rd event.

Event Information

What type of event is this?

Will this event be open to the public?

YesNo

Is an admission charge or donation suggested or expected?

YesNo

Please provide a brief one sentence description of your event for our events calendar.

Event Date

New events are only being considered for March 2023 through April 15, 2023.

Is this date flexible?

YesNo

Event Start Time

Please enter the time in H:MM AM/PM format, e.g. 6:00 PM.

Event End Time

Please enter the time in H:MM AM/PM format, e.g. 6:00 PM.

Estimated Audience Size

Location Information

Name of Event Location

Street

(Optional) Please include any relevant information an attendee would need to find the event (for example, a specific building or room number).

City

State Abbreviation

Zip Code

Organizational Partner

Are you partnering with another organization to put on this event?

YesNo

Please enter the name of your organizational partner. To add additional organizations, click 'Add Another Response' at the bottom right of this section.

Organization Name:

Participating Poets and Scholars

A scholar is an individual who is recognized as an expert in one or more humanities disciplines. A scholar’s expertise may result from an advanced academic degree in the humanities or from serving as the keeper of community traditions and knowledge. Examples of scholars include but are not limited to, a tribal elder, an independent expert on American Literature, and a classics professor at a university.

In addition to the Washington State Poet Laureate, will other poets and scholars be participating in this event?

YesNo

Please enter the names of participating poets and scholars. To add additional names, click 'Add Another Response' at the bottom right of this section.

First name of participating poet/scholar:

Last name of participating poet/scholar:

Title of participating poet/scholar:

Poet Laureate Event 2

Event Information

What type of event is this?

Will this event be open to the public?

YesNo

Is an admission charge or donation suggested or expected?

YesNo

Please provide a brief one sentence description of your event for our events calendar.

Event Date

New events are only being considered for March 2023 through April 15, 2023.

Is this date flexible?

YesNo

Event Start Time

Please enter the time in H:MM AM/PM format, e.g. 6:00 PM.

Event End Time

Please enter the time in H:MM AM/PM format, e.g. 6:00 PM.

Estimated Audience Size

Location Information

Name of Event Location

Street

(Optional) Please include any relevant information an attendee would need to find the event (for example, a specific building or room number).

City

State Abbreviation

Zip Code

Organizational Partner

Are you partnering with another organization to put on this event?

YesNo

Please enter the name of your organizational partner. To add additional organizations, click 'Add Another Response' at the bottom right of this section.

Organization Name:

Participating Poets and Scholars

In addition to the Washington State Poet Laureate, will other poets and scholars be participating in this event?

YesNo

Please enter the names of participating poets and scholars. To add additional names, click 'Add Another Response' at the bottom right of this section.

First name of participating poet/scholar:

Last name of participating poet/scholar:

Title of participating poet/scholar:

Poet Laureate Event 3

Event Information

What type of event is this?

Will this event be open to the public?

YesNo

Is an admission charge or donation suggested or expected?

YesNo

Please provide a brief one sentence description of your event for our events calendar.

Event Date

New events are only being considered for March 2023 through April 15, 2023.

Is this date flexible?

YesNo

Event Start Time

Please enter the time in H:MM AM/PM format, e.g. 6:00 PM.

Event End Time

Please enter the time in H:MM AM/PM format, e.g. 6:00 PM.

Estimated Audience Size

Location Information

Name of Event Location

Street

(Optional) Please include any relevant information an attendee would need to find the event (for example, a specific building or room number).

City

State Abbreviation

Zip Code

Organizational Partner

Are you partnering with another organization to put on this event?

YesNo

Please enter the name of your organizational partner. To add additional organizations, click 'Add Another Response' at the bottom right of this section.

Organization Name:

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Participating Poets and Scholars

In addition to the Washington State Poet Laureate, will other poets and scholars be participating in this event?

YesNo

Please enter the names of participating poets and scholars. To add additional names, click 'Add Another Response' at the bottom right of this section.

First name of participating poet/scholar:

Last name of participating poet/scholar:

Title of participating poet/scholar:

Presentation Planning and Publicity

Please explain in detail how you intend to promote the Poet Laureate's visit to your community, including your anticipated use of traditional media, social media, organizational emails, newsletters or advertising.

Honorarium

The Washington State Poet Laureate receives a modest stipend for the time they spend presenting to the public and completing a poetry-related project of personal significance. For engagements of 1 hour or less, organizations are encouraged to offer an additional honorarium according to the scale below. For longer or multi-event engagements, please use the 'Other' category to list an honorarium commensurate with the activities you are requesting of the laureate and your organization's capacity to pay.

$100 (suggested for nonprofit organizations with budget sizes of less than $1 million and public schools)$250 (suggested for nonprofit organizations with budget sizes of more than $1 million and private schools)$500 (suggested for for-profit entities and philanthropic entities)Other

Enter honorarium amount. You may enter 0. An honorarium is not a requirement for scheduling an event with the Washington State Poet Laureate:

Only enter numbers.

Will you be able to assist with travel expenses, including providing accommodations and reimbursing for mileage?

YesNo

Mileage is reimbursed at $1 / mile. Please estimate mileage.

Only enter numbers.

Total honorarium:

Agreement

By submitting this application, the host organization contact agrees to:

Verbally acknowledge Humanities Washington and ArtsWA/Washington State Arts Commission and their sponsorship of the Washington State Poet Laureate program at the beginning and end of each program.

Prominently include the Humanities Washington and ArtsWA/Washington State Arts Commission logos on all promotional materials.

Humanities Washington logos are available on our website at www.humanities.org/media/logos-and-brand-guidelines

ArtsWA's logo is available at https://www.humanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ArtsWA-logo_State-with-full-name_2019.jpg

Confirm the program will be free and open to the general public (except for classroom visits, corrections center visits, and writers' conferences and workshops).

Host the program at an ADA accessible location.

Widely publicize the program to the local community using publicity materials provided by the Washington State Poet Laureate.

Not record the presentation, unless with the express, advance permission of the Poet Laureate.

Promptly notify the Poet Laureate and Humanities Washington of any scheduling or location changes to the program.

Confirm all arrangements with the Poet Laureate two weeks before the program.

I agree to the above.

I have double checked event times and dates to make certain they are entered correctly.

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